Load-supporting rack.



C. GREENE.

LOAD SUPPORTING RACK.

APPLICATION flLEn-oc. a6. |914.

Ll., Patented June 8, 1915.

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@LAUDE GREENE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINIS.

LOAB-SUPPORTING RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

.lie it known that ll, CLAUDE GREENE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Load-Supporting Racks,of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention is a device designed for Vuse in connection with handtrucks for the purpose of facilitating the placing of the load on thetruck, whereby the load may be placed on the truck and carried fromplace to place without being re-handled other thanbeing moved by thetruck until final disposition 'is made of the load; and also to providefor a maximum load of light weight packages to be carried that could nototherwise be handled without the use of a rack or racks being attachedto or carried by the truck. This object is attained by meansoff anovelcombination andy arrangement" of'parts to be hereinafter described andclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing 1n which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device and Fig. 2 is a crosssection thereof in position on the truck. y

Referring specifically to the drawing, the device comprises a rackconsisting of a base and an end wall rising from one end thereof. Thebase of'the rack is an open frame composed of spaced longitudinal sidebars 5 connected by cross bars 6, and at their front ends by a cross bar7. The frame also has diagonal braces 8', and it is mounted on spacedlongitudinal sills 9 having downturned forward ends 9 forming feet forspacing the base from the oor, platform or other surface. The end wallof the, rack is composed of upright bars 10 secured to andrising fromthe rear ends of the side bars 5 and the sills 9, and connected by crossbars 10, said upright bars extending downward from the side bars asucient distance to serve as supporting feet for the rear end of thebase of the lrack. Diagonal brace bars 11 are also provided., and braces12 join the lower ends of the end ones of the bars 10 to the side bars5. The rear ends of the sills 9 project for 'a short distance rearwardof the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

.application med Getobcr 1 6, wie. erial No. 866,998.

end wall, as indicated at 13, which is for a purpose to be presentlydescribed.

The truck in connection with which the rack is designed to be used is anordinary one, it being composed of side bars 14 mounted on wheels 15,and having the usual lifting bar or bill 16, and connected by cross bars17.

In use, the load to be transported is placed on the rack, and as thebase of the rack is clear of the floor, platform or other support,

lthe lifting' bar 16 of the truck can be run under the base. The truckis pushed forward until the lifting bar comes beneath the base of therack, and the rear projecting ends 13 of the sills 9 come betweenlowerindependent of the truck and no change in the structure of thelatter is necessary, and its use for handling large packages in theordinary vmanner is not interfered with. ,A large numberl of smallpackages may be placed on the rack, and the latter therefore saves timeand several re-handlings, and also prevents damage and displacement ofthe wrapping and the contents of the packages liable to be caused byre-handling. The load can be placed in a wagon, dray or other conveyancewithout removing it from the rack, the'latter being placed in theconveyance with the load remaining thereon. rlhe skeleton constructionof the rack permits the loading of tubs, kegs and other round objectsthereon without danger of the same slipping 0H'.

rlhe end. wall of the rack is providedwith sign board 18 to show thedestination or disposition to be made of the goods or packages.

I clailnz- 1. A rack of the character described comprising a base, arear end wall rising from the base, and sills supporting` the base, saidsills having proJeeting rear'ends extending beyond the'aforesaid endwall. 0

2. A rack of the character descrlbed comprising a base, a rear end wallrising from the base, and sills supporting the base, said sills havingprojecting rear ends extending beyond the aforesaid end wall, theforward ends ofthe sills having feet, and the end wall'having',l partswhich extend downward 1.

below the base and eo'perate with-the feet to support thebase in raisedposition.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature

